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Tom Violence

Sonic Youth
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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~From: elric@selway.umt.edu (SONIC YOUTH)

Tom Violence by Sonic Youth

tuning low to high

F#F#GGAA

these are the chords, i'm not going to show the strumming

guitar 1 guitar 2 everything in [] is played durring one chord

(thurston) (Lee) in relation to guitar 1.

A---4-0-2-0--16-|-----------------------------------------|
A---4-0-2-0--16-|-----------------------------------------|
G---6-6-4-11-18-|-----------------------------------------|
G---6-6-4-11-18-|-----------------------------------------|
F#--0-0-0-0--0--|-[-10-0-]-[-3-5-]-[-10-8-]-[-3-5-3-5-7-]-|
F#--0-0-0-0--0--|-[-10-0-]-[-3-5-]-[-10-8-]-[-3-5-3-5-7-]-|

guitar 2 is doubled by the bass. i think when the vocal starts guitar two

re-arranges a couple of its parts, but the fingerings are still the same.

the Bridge the End

repeat

A---0-0-|---------|--2-0--|--4-|
A---0-0-|---------|--2-0--|--4-|
G---4-2-|--7-9-6--|--4-2--|--6-|
G---4-2-|--7-9-6--|--4-2--|--6-|
F#--0-0-|--0-0-0--|--0-0--|--0-|
F#--0-0-|--0-0-0--|--0-0--|--0-|

corrections, comments and requests welcome (be specific with requests)

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